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Modeling 5 Year Projections (Somewhat) Painlessly

June 25, 2025 by FuturED Content Team

The picture shows a hand holding a lens, looking into the future figuratively. This represents modeling five-year projections.

Modeling five-year projections is essential for universities making big decisions. It may be new to higher ed, but here’s how to do it.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: 5-year projections, finance transformation

Instructional Cost Metrics You Need to Make Big Decisions

June 25, 2025 by FuturED Content Team

The picture shows a large display of different colored bowties, to represent making decisions based on metrics.

If you want to reduce costs, here are a few instructional-related metrics you’ll need to make and back up your decisions.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: higher ed, instructional costs, metrics

Top metrics to prepare for financial rightsizing 

May 20, 2025 by FuturED Content Team

Calculating metrics for financial rightsizing

Last month, we talked about the six most important financial questions a board and president need to understand and the financial tools you need to answer them. Now it’s time to focus on the answers to those questions, the decisions they require, and the metrics you should examine to understand the drivers to financial sustainability. […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: communication, data, financial sustainability, higher ed

I Talked to AICPA-CIMA About Democratizing Financial Data 

May 20, 2025 by FuturED Content Team

Access to more data can help us make better decisions. However, just having more data may not get us where we need to be. We have to make sure everyone involved understands the data well enough to inform the decisions we make together. I call the process of getting everyone on the same page about […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: communication, data, higher ed, interview

The 6 Most Important Financial Questions a Board and President Must Ask About the Budget

April 28, 2025 by FuturED Content Team

The image shows questions marks to represent the 6 questions about budgets in this article.

If I were the president or on the board of an institution, I would expect to see all the information listed here before passing a budget.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: budget, cost restructuring, finance team

Why is it difficult for higher ed to “right size” or “step-down” resources to maintain long-term financial stability? 

April 28, 2025 by FuturED Content Team

The picture is of a building on a college campus to represent financial stability at universities.

Historically, universities have not worried as much about financial stability. They’ve always have a glut of students. They’re worrying now.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: cost restructuring, finance transformation, financial sustainability

How often do you walk around campus and attend student events?

March 31, 2025 by FuturED Content Team

The picture is an AI-generated rendering of a college campus.

If we in finance are not walking around campus, engaging with students, faculty, and staff, we cannot appreciate where to invest and when.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: campus, problem solving

Are you smarter than AI?

March 31, 2025 by FuturED Content Team

The picture shows a robot holding an open book in the middle of a library to represent AI.

Some believe AI is capable of critical and creative thought. I am not convinced, so I used AI in my classroom and business to find out. 

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: AI, artificial intelligence

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